Are you planning on just renting or looking to buy? If just renting and can afford it I would say house,and if it gets to much you can take on a room mate and not be tripping over each other. If looking to buy,I would still say house, once done with a mortgage all you have is taxes, with an apartment(condo) or town house after you get it all paid off you will always have strata fees that will never go away. My opinion only but somebody will argue against it.